The new Ken Burns series "Prohibition" aired recently on PBS. (If you missed it, it’s streaming on a number of services and PBS' website.) I was excited to watch it, especially because I had done some reading on the history of the 1920s as part of my dissertation research. I… [more]
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‘Being Erica’ and redeeming regret
I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I didn't work so hard. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that… [more]
Filling the Oprah void
Last Friday, Oprah tweeted, “A lot of ‘lasts’ today. I’m really feeling like it’s the end. Still all sweet, no bitter.” Since this was the day before the supposed Rapture, I had to admit, I started getting nervous. Was she talking just about her show or the end of the… [more]
Is ‘extreme couponing’ gluttony or good stewardship?
It’s either great stewardship or outright gluttony. Those are the two opposite ends of what I see happening with shoppers who label themselves as extreme couponers. The idea is savvy shoppers combine in-store sales with manufacturers' coupons, loyalty card rebates and other incentives to get groceries for pennies on the… [more]
‘Survivor’ and the importance of communion over competition
At the risk of plumbing the depths of a show that is generally as substantial as the breast implants of its contestants, a recent episode of “Survivor: Redemption Island” illustrated a simple characteristic of humanity that continues to plague us all - in our families, in our churches, in our… [more]
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Tanny Thank you for putting into words exactly why I'm uncomfortable with how much time I (and others) spend on the internet, watching TV, etc. It's not that we've lost the ability to have conversations, it's that it's become easier to see real people as just another image to consume.
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